University  of  California  •  Berkeley 

Gift  of 
ROBERT  B.  HONEYMAN,  JR. 


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ongresS  in  (fa  y&ir  1870  by  the  Western  Newt 

in  the  Office  of  Me  yhrarian  uf  Cong? 


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Plain   Language   from   Truthful  James 

Which  I  wish  to  remark- 
And  icy  language  is  plain— 

That  for  ways  that  are  dark 
And  for  tricks  that  are  vain. 

The  heathen  Chinee  is  pecniiai 

Which  the  same  I  would  rise  to  explain. 


Mt. 


Ah  Sin  \va.s  his  naraej 

Ana  I  shall  not  deny 
In  regard  to  the  sain  a 

What  that  name  might  imply. 
But  his  smile  it  was  pensive  and  r-hild-Jfke. 

As  I  frequent  remarked  to'Bill  Nye. 


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.<  >•    ?"}••      /  i          '•'-.  to.wthotijfa 

Bill  Nye/ 
It  was  August  t'ue  third  . 

Aud  quite  soft  was  the  skies 
Which  it  might  be  inferred 

That  Ah  Sin  was  likewise ; 
Yet  he  played  it  that  day  upon  William 
And  me  in  a  way  I  despise. 


.'jfjrt&K,. 


Which  we  had  A  small  game 
.  And  Ah  Sin  took  a  hand  • 
It  was  Euchre.     The  same 

•He  did  not  understand ; 
But  he  smiled  as  he  sat  by  the  table. 

With  the  smile  that  was  child-lik*  AIL!  bland 


Yet  tli*-  eaitis  they  were  si 

In  a  vvay  that  I  grieve. 
A  id  tuy  ieelings  were  shocked 

At  the  state  of  Nyes  sleeve; 
Which  was  stuffed  full  of  aces  and  bowers. 

And  the  same  with  intent  to  deceive 


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But  the  hands  that  were  played 

:iat  !;<:athen  Chinee, 
And  I  he  points  that  he  mad«-. 

Were  quite  frightful  to  see 
Till  at  last  he  put  down  a  right  bower. 

Which  the  same  Nye  had  dealt  unto  rue  . 


Then  I  looked  up  at  Nye 

And  he  gazed  upon  me 
And  he  rose  with  a  sigh, 

And  said,  "Can  this  b*-? 
We  are  ruined  by  Chinese  cheap  labor 


«M   '•     *•' 

,  h./. 


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Which  is  why  I  remark, 

And  my  Janguage  is  plain, 
That  for  ways  that  arc  dark, 

And  for_  tricks  that  are  vain, 
Thf  heathen  Chiuee  is  peculiar — 

Which  the  same  I  am  free  to  maintain. 


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